poll

v. receive votes; vote, elect; count votes, make a survey

n. voting, electing; list of voters; counting of votes; number of votes; referendum

v. trim tree branches, prune a tree; cut off the horns of an animal

Poll may refer to:Opinion poll, a survey of people's opinions. As in ‘a poll of registered voters’ or ‘an opinion poll of regular movie goers.’Polling station, a place where a voters cast their ballotsThe poll of an animal; that is, the area where the top of the head meets the neck.In fire alarms, polling devices to check for new conditions.In arboriculture, trimming a tree (see pollarding).In equestrianism, poling (sometimes misspelled with two l's) is the illegal practice of hitting the horse on the legs.In metallurgy, polling is the refining of a crude metal made impure by its own oxides.In telecommunication, the term polling can mean:Network control in which the control station invites tributary stations to transmit in the sequence specified by the control station,In point-to-point or multipoint communication, the process whereby stations are invited one at a time to transmit,In automated HF radio systems, a technique for measuring and reporting channel quality.The sequential interrogation of devices for various purposes, such as avoiding contention, determining operational status, or determining readiness to send or receive data.  Computer science shares this definition of the word. In computer scienceActively sampling the status of an external device by a client program as a synchronous activity. See Polling (computer science)The sending by an application of a request to a managed node for information. For example, a ping is a poll requesting a response from another computer.
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Noun
1. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
(synonym) opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass
(hypernym) inquiry, enquiry, research
(hyponym) exit poll
(derivation) canvass, canvas
2. the top of the head
(synonym) pate, crown
(hypernym) top, top side, upper side, upside
(hyponym) tonsure
(part-holonym) human head
3. the part of the head between the ears
(hypernym) top, top side, upper side, upside
(part-holonym) horse, Equus caballus
4. a tame parrot
(synonym) poll parrot
(hypernym) parrot
5. the counting of votes (as in an election)
(hypernym) count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
(classification) election
Verb
1. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
(synonym) canvass, canvas
(hypernym) survey
(hyponym) circularize, circularise
(derivation) opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass
2. vote in an election at a polling station
(hypernym) vote
3. get the votes of
(hypernym) get, acquire
4. convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"
(synonym) pollard
(hypernym) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
(derivation) pollard

(n.)
A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.
  

(n.)
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
  

(n.)
One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
  

(n.)
Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.
  

(n.)
The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
  

(n.)
The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.
  

(n.)
The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).
  

(n.)
The head; the back part of the head.
  

(n.)
The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.
  

(v. i.)
To vote at an election.
  

(v. t.)
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.
  

(v. t.)
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.
  

(v. t.)
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
  

(v. t.)
To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
  

(v. t.)
To impose a tax upon.
  

(v. t.)
To pay as one's personal tax.
  

(v. t.)
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
  

(v. t.)
To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree.